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BCS 21 pp. i-viii, 1-164 12/5/01 6:24 PM Page 157 BOOK REVIEWS 157 Buddhist Peacework will stimulate plenty of further questions. It is always possi- ble to go deeper in our understanding of peace, engaged spirituality, and effective social action. For example, what is the relation between the taming of individual greed /hatred /delusion and the taming of political or corporate greed /anger /delu- sion? How do Buddhist approaches to peacework relate to other perspectives on war and peace, religious and secular? Are there situations (such as genocide in Bosnia) that may prompt Buddhists to adopt some just-war positions similar to those found in Christianity? Eventually, it should be possible to translate visionary principles into distinct responses on specific issues. A decade ago, when Westerners began writing about engaged Buddhism, we had to put the unfamiliar term in quotation marks. Since then, the movement has out- grown its quotation marks. The many varieties of engaged Buddhism in Asia and the West are now recognized as a significant development in Buddhism’s continuing evo- lution. Articles, books, and conferences on the subject are part of the process. Bud- dhist Peacework: Creating Cultures of Peace is a worthy addition to this expanding
Buddhist-Christian Studies – University of Hawai'I Press
Published: Jan 1, 2001
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